Dude, Where’s my crane?

The Durham Police Department is asking for information about a stolen construction crane. The crane is worth about $100,000 and was last seen on Sept. 18, 2017 near Andrews Chapel Road. Courtesy of the Durham Police Department

The Durham Police Department is asking for information about a stolen construction crane. The crane is worth about $100,000 and was last seen on Sept. 18, 2017 near Andrews Chapel Road. Courtesy of the Durham Police Department

Durham A construction crew recently returned to their work site in eastern Durham and found a key and an expensive piece of machinery missing — a crane.

The 2007 Sterling construction crane truck, worth about $100,000, was last seen in the 1100 block of Rosedale Creek Drive near Andrews Chapel Road around 6 p.m. Monday, according to police.

“When workers returned to the site the next morning, the crane was gone,” a Durham police news release stated.

The license plate is North Carolina YA142884.

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Anyone with information is asked to call Cpl. J. Brigante at (919) 560-4281, ext. 29118 or CrimeStoppers at (919) 683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.